As empirical research on mind-wandering accelerates, we draw attention to an emerging
trend in how mind-wandering is conceptualized. Previously articulated definitions of mind …

The past decade has seen a surge of research examining mind-wandering, but most of this
research has not considered the potential importance of distinguishing between intentional …

What is boredom? We review environmental, attentional, and functional theories and
present a new model that describes boredom as an affective indicator of unsuccessful …

Highlights•Numerous neurocognitive factors contribute to sustained attention.•Attention
fluctuates alongside shifting arousal, effort, and resource allocation.•An information …

Models of attention often distinguish among attention subtypes, with classic models
separating orienting, switching, and sustaining functions. Compared with other forms of …

Mind wandering is a pervasive threat to transportation safety, potentially accounting for a
substantial number of crashes and fatalities. In the current study, mind wandering was …

What is your brain doing while your mind is wandering? This study used a within-subjects
experience-sampling design to test whether episodes of mind-wandering during a …

Psychology faces a measurement crisis, and mind-wandering research is not immune. The
present study explored the construct validity of probed mind-wandering reports (ie, reports of …

Attention has a seemingly inevitable tendency to turn inward toward our thoughts. Mind-
wandering refers to moments when this inward focus diverts attention away from the current …

Mind wandering is frequently defined as task-unrelated or perceptually decoupled thought.
However, these definitions may not capture the dynamic features of a wandering mind, such …